Cunliffe and Croom of Manchester were machine tool makers. Although the business was advertised as being located in Manchester, they were actually located in Salford, at Broughton Iron Works on Edward Street, Broughton. They were makers of lathes, boring machines, milling machines, planing machines, and shaping machines.

By 1953 the company is known to have been a wholly-owned subsidiary of James Archdale and Co Ltd. In that year, the business was acquired by Staveley Coal and Iron Co as part of its acquisition of James Archdale and Co Ltd.